Leaders of town and village assemblies said that raising the percentage of female political representatives on the local ...

Kohei Horikoshi’s superhero manga “My Hero Academia” has surpassed 100 million copies worldwide, including digital editions, ...

Although equal rights for men and women are assumed to be a given in the modern age, women are still barred from certain religious practices and sacred places around the world.

President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, embarking on another six years as ...

Environment Minister Shintaro Ito apologized directly to representatives of a group of Minamata disease patients on May 8 for ...

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said Tuesday that it will make an announcement about a successor to its Switch home ...

In 2060, 17.7 percent of Japanese age 65 or older will likely have dementia, the health ministry announced on May 8.

KYIV--A North Korean missile fired by Russia into Ukraine contained a hodgepodge of parts apparently made to resemble ...

Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese tree. Siebold? I muttered to myself, “Who ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday welcomed Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s military is prepared for any moves China may make around the time President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office ...

MINOKAMO, Gifu Prefecture--The city government here has apologized for the sexually harassing behavior of the Minokamo ...